Emergency Baby Rabbit Formula

Most kits will not nurse from the baby animal bottles you can buy at stores.

Emergency baby rabbit formula.

Newborn rabbits up to a week old get 4 5 cc formula. You can use kmr kitten milk replacer. You can either save the life of your baby rabbit or can harm them. Kits should be fed every 6 hours for the first 2 weeks then every eight hours the third week and every 12 hours on the.

Because rabbit milk is the most caloric of all mammals we add in one tablespoon of 100 heavy whipping cream no sugar to each can of kmr. Baby bunnies are often more receptive to warm milk because it mimics mama s body temperature. 2 tablespoons of white granulated sugar or 1 tablespoon of light karo syrup. To give the colostrum time to settle prepare the homemade milk formula two or three hours before you plan to feed the baby bunny.

You must dilute formula milk before feeding a baby rabbit. 1 tablespoon corn syrup. 1 2 cup evaperated milk. Knowing how to bottle feed orphaned baby rabbits can be overwhelming and confusing.

You are not alone because i have been in the same situation myself. Give them the formula with a 1cc syringe fitted with a cattak photo upper left. You should make a diet chart according to the age of the baby rabbit. Baby rabbits should be fed kitten milk replacer kmr or goat milk which you can buy at pet stores or sometimes even a local veterinarian s office.

Rabbits that are 3 6 weeks old or until they are weaned get 30 cc formula. Feed the baby rabbits a mixture of goats milk formula. Can of evaporated whole milk reduced fat skim and sweetened condensed milk will not provide enough calories or nutrition 18 to 19 oz. Place the bottle in warm water to keep it warm until you are ready to feed the baby.

If a baby rabbit s eyes are closed he or she is very young and will have to have formula twice or three times a day. The good news is that it can be done. Rabbits that are 2 3 weeks old get 15 30 cc formula. Mother rabbits feed at dusk and dawn for only about five minutes so baby rabbits depending on size and age may only need to be fed twice a day however formula is not as nutrient rich as mother s milk so more frequent feedings are often necessary.

The clock and the odds are against you because the survival rate when bottle feeding baby bunnies is pretty slim.